Thoughts, anyone?

[frapjap]

Even I'm gonna say that one was in bad taste....

[Logan76]

LOL i got a chuckle, maybe the artist just ment the people behind the stimulus bill are a bunch of monkeys?

I could re-caption that

"Damn trunk monkey, finally got him"

[bobotech]

If you are inferring that the monkey is supposed to be Barry, I didn't draw that conclusion at all until you mentioned that it was in bad taste.

When I saw the comic, I figured that they were implying a bunch of monkeys were writing the stimulus bill.

[marlin29311]

If you are inferring that the monkey is supposed to be Barry, I didn't draw that conclusion at all until you mentioned that it was in bad taste.

When I saw the comic, I figured that they were implying a bunch of monkeys were writing the stimulus bill.

Exactly what I thought.

I heard about this last night, and how people were all outraged and what not...my question is if GWB was still president, would there still be the uproar? I think not...

[C-Kwik]

Political cartoons can be put together much like a written article. That is, ideas are bounced around and roundtabled. I can't imagine noone at the publication couldn't see the potential for how it could be interpreted negatively. I'd contend it may have been purposeful.

[OriginalWheelman]

Bush looks like a monkey and no one complained when people made the association. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt because we all know BHO didn't write the stimulus.

*Added*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7898845.stm

Wednesday's cartoon referred to a gruesome incident on Monday, when a pet chimp was shot in Stamford, Connecticut, after a serious and disfiguring attack on a friend of its owner.

The New York Post denied the cartoon chimp represented President Obama. The cartoon "is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimp in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy," said editor-in-chief Col Allen.

Modified by OriginalWheelman at 2:38 PM 2/19/2009

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Oh sweet, sweet double standards.

[480sx]

OWM got this one right. A chimp went nuts recently and was shot by police. Thats where the shot chimp cartoon joke came from.

It was a huge story(because Americans really care about... uh.....) that i saw the headlines to. They were stuck on MSNBC for a long damned time, a few different versions of the story. Redic

C- While i see your point, the Chimp story hit America like a storm. An editor realized im sure what he was printing, but figured that the majority would realize it was in reference to the recent incident that was widely viewed.

[liquid_cool]

nancy pelosie and harry reed wrote the stimulus bill for the most part..and ya..they are monkeys!